These stories have been selected in consultation with Dr Abdus Samad and the Late Mrs Shahda Haidri. ‘The Paper Pond’, the English translation of Mr. Haidri’s Urdu short story ‘Kaghzi Talab,’ was published in the Summer 2017 issue of The Massachusetts Review (USA), Volume 58, No, 02 (pages 237-248). ‘Unnabi Kaanch ka Tukda’ was published in English translation as ‘The Deep Red Shard of Glass’ in the anthology, The Eastern Brew, in 2013 (Partridge India, ISBN 9781482812558). Another story ‘Benaam Galiyan’ with the English title ‘Nameless Lanes’ appeared in the anthology, Nameless Lanes, in 2016, published by Kitaab International (Singapore, ISBN 9789810989552). The translation of ‘Babu,’ with the same title in English, will be appearing in an anthology of the best of fiction from Bihar, Best Writings from Bihar, currently being edited by the reputed Indian English poet and editor, Abhay K.